Thanksgiving sports plus local war updates in Postoak area
The Postoak school dismissed two days for Thanksgiving. Friday night the Midway basketball and volleyball teams played here with the girls winning two games and the boys losing. The piece also covers a B 29 accident near Montgomery Alabama with eight crew bailed out, and a stream of local service members visiting, family visits, births, and homecomings, plus Thanksgiving open house and moves.
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Midway
Billy Dean Reaves
Julia Ray Williamson
Betty Jo Horn
Ruby Reaves
Bonnie Avants
Joan Fry
Alvin Lemond
Otis Campsey
Warren Ray Reynolds
J. W. Damron
N. C. Horn
Red Cross
Corsicana
Montgomery
Alabama
Maxfield Field
B. J. Smith
W. A. Williamson
W. A
Dan Fry
Omi Smith
Jerry Wayne, Schmittou
Jerry
Pvt
Seburn Schmittou
Dan
R. A. Williamson
Cpl
Jack Williamson
Aleutians
Set
Leonard Williamson
Southwest Pacific
Australia
Java
New Guinea
Tom Scarber
Vera Scarber
War News and Pictures Lead Fort Worth Star Telegram
The Fort Worth Star Telegram emphasizes its daily abundance of war coverage with many photos, claiming superior wartime reporting compared to other Texas dailies.
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Fort Worth
Texas Front News Credit From Its Own Correspondents
The paper notes it uses trained correspondents to cover Texas boys and girls at the front alongside external news sources. It emphasizes local reporting and wartime coverage across its pages.
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Texas
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis
Urges early treatment for bronchitis to prevent chronic illness. Promotes Creomulsion as a non narcotic remedy that reaches the throat to loosen phlegm and soothe inflamed bronchial membranes, with a money back guarantee if it does not help.
Christmas Mission Program At First Baptist Church
The Woman's Missionary Union held an all day meeting December 4 at First Baptist to observe the Lottie Moon Christmas Program for Foreign Missions. Mrs. David Warren presided and Mrs. W. F. Benson led the program with hymns and prayers. A large luncheon followed a successful fundraising effort, with the largest WMU offering in its history reported and still rising as of date.
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First Baptist Church
Lottie Moon
David Warren
W. FE. Benson
Sunset Soldier Injured in France Report Reaches Clem Crim
Clem Crim is informed that his son Pfe. Sidney Weldon Crim was injured in action in France. The brief notice notes military status and seeks confirmation of details.
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France
Clem Crim
Pfe
Sidney Weldon Crim
Bowie Majestic Scores in France Amid Third Army Action
A brief item notes a performer named Bowie Majestic achieving smash hits on the 2nd Monday of the month while stationed in France with the 3rd Army. His wife and baby are with her parents as General Patton’s forces operate in the area.
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Bowie
France
3Rd Army
Patton
Fibber McGee and Molly
Bugne Pallette
Roy Rogers
Santa Fee
Gabby Hayes
Dale Evans
Bowie Majestic
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Oma Cifford
Donald Scarber
Jacksboro
Ethan Spangler
Mytie Fuller
Smock
Campsey
Tom Stephens
Lucille
Sonny Hargrove
Oleta Campsey
Wanda Reaves
Linnie Shawver
Ira
Edna
Ronald Fuller
Vernon
Dick Williamson
Dick Campsey
J. F. Boyd
Dee Campsey
Elma Dee
Dorothy
Otis
R. Gifford
Robert Williamson
Maxwell Field
Dodd Lemond
Aldie Marie Graves
Ira Rhodes
Bryton
Lela Reid
J. W. Caldwell
Luling
Anna Marshall
Caldwell
Joe Boyd
Janet
Bonnie Kincaid
Superior
Nebr
Fort Smith
Ark
Willie Fern. Bell
Azle
E. Spangler
N. A. Howry
A. B. Brazil
Epps
Howry
Newton Deweber
Navy
San Diego
Odell Deweber
Ickey Conner
Leo Reaves
San Antonio
Pat Chapman
Electra
G. W. Chapman
Miss Chapman
Patie
Bowie News
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Star-Telegram
Associated Press
International News Service
New York Times
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Daily News
American Newspaper Alliance
Star Telegram
Thes
B. B. Carlisle R. R
Harlingen
Kodak
Neeley’s
Old Post Office
the Woman’s Missionary Union
Chillicothe
Cently
Memorial Hospital
Quanah
Santa FE
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Baytown
Pearl Harbor
Baytown Ordnance Works
United Nations
Humble Pipe Line Company
Humble
United States
America
Ible Oil & Refining Company
Houston, Texas
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